Loon — Gallery Canvas Wildlife the sky holding just enough

the sky holding just enough reflected light to distinguish cloud from clear

the summer hardwoods

the dark fur at the legs and paws against the lighter shoulder — all of it is anatomically exact and compositionally fearless

the mother's posture exactly that mix of attention and calm that nursing females carry

and this painting shows the depth of that familiarity — the specific posture of a duck entering water

Loon — Gallery Canvas Wildlife the sky holding just enoughA Common Loon on a still summer lake the breeding plumage in its full precision, the red eye vivid, the iridescent green head reflecting the light. Glen returned to the loon as a subject across his career, drawn back to it by the same quality that makes it Canada's most iconic bird: the combination of extraordinary beauty and the haunting call that defines summer in the Canadian north for anyone who has spent time on a lake. This loon portrait carries